--- title: "9 Glasses Quotes By John Green" description: "9 Glasses quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Glasses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/john-green-12_bed_my-head-was-level-with-hers-as-we-stared_2952924.jpg" --- > [My head was level with hers as we stared at each other from opposite sides of the glass. I don't remember how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/my-head-was-level-with-hers-as-we-stared-at-each-other-from-opposite/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/john-green-12_bed_my-head-was-level-with-hers-as-we-stared_2952924.jpg) > [Colin Singleton’s distance from his glasses made him realize the problem: myopia. He was nearsighted. The future lay before him, inevitable but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/colin-singleton-s-distance-from-his-glasses-made-him-realize-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/john-green-12_colin-singleton_colin-singleton-s-distance-from-his-glas_2046157.jpg) > [You know how we make a Scotch and water in this home?" "No, sir," Gus said. "We pour Scotch into a glass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-know-how-we-make-a-scotch-and-water-in-this-home-no-sir-gus-said/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/john-green-12_glasses_you-know-how-we-make-a-scotch-and-water_1943400.jpg) > [That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I need it. It is fear like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/that-is-the-fear-i-have-lost-something-important-and-i-cannot-find-it-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/john-green-12_fear_that-is-the-fear-i-have-lost-something-i_2023700.jpg) > [There's no reason whatsoever to drink eight glasses of water a day unless you, for whatever reason, particularly like the taste of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/there-s-no-reason-whatsoever-to-drink-eight-glasses-of-water-a-day/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/john-green-12_drink_there-s-no-reason-whatsoever-to-drink-ei_1126716.jpg) > [He took a bite, swallowed. "God. If asparagus tasted like that all the time, I'd be vegetarian, too." Some people in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-took-a-bite-swallowed-god-if-asparagus-tasted-like-that-all-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/john-green-12_asparagus_he-took-a-bite-swallowed-god-if-asparagu_1702117.jpg) > [People thought he was a glutton for punishment, that he liked getting dumped. But it wasn't like that. He could just never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/people-thought-he-was-a-glutton-for-punishment-that-he-liked-getting/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/john-green-12_colin-singleton_people-thought-he-was-a-glutton-for-puni_2964887.jpg) > [That's absolutely true, about the eight glasses a day. There's no reason whatsoever to drink eight glasses of water a day unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/that-s-absolutely-true-about-the-eight-glasses-a-day-there-s-no/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/john-green-12_agree_that-s-absolutely-true-about-the-eight-g_2912271.jpg) > [Incidentally, did you know that the whole eight glasses a day thing is complete bullshit and has no scientific basis? So many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/incidentally-did-you-know-that-the-whole-eight-glasses-a-day-thing-is/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/john-green-12_assuming_incidentally-did-you-know-that-the-whole_1155480.jpg) ## Other authors on Glasses ## More by John Green > [Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/issac-i-dislike-living-in-a-world-without-augustus-waters-computer-i/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“I just want to stay away from people and read books and think”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-just-want-to-stay-away-from-people-and-read-books-and-think/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-smiled-with-all-the-delight-of-a-kid-on-christmas-morning-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [A Margo for each of us--and each more mirror than window.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/a-margo-for-each-of-us-and-each-more-mirror-than-window/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“No one ever says good-bye unless they want to see you again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/no-one-ever-says-good-bye-unless-they-want-to-see-you-again/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/neither-novels-or-their-readers-benefit-from-any-attempts-to-divine/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“Traffic's not too bad on Sheridan, and I'm cornering the car like it's the Indy 500, and we're listening to my favorite NMH song,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/traffic-s-not-too-bad-on-sheridan-and-i-m-cornering-the-car-like-it-s/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“Praise God for good nurses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/praise-god-for-good-nurses/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/so-i-was-ugly-i-was-never-fat-really-and-i-never-wore-headgear-or-had/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Nothing has ever looked like that ever in all of human history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-has-ever-looked-like-that-ever-in-all-of-human-history/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/said-to-him-quietly-as-if-i-couldn-t-hear-or-something-dad-was-about/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-believe-humans-have-souls-and-i-believe-in-the-conservation-of-souls/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“He was hot. A nonhotboy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. But a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-was-hot-a-nonhotboy-stares-at-you-relentlessly-and-it-is-at-best/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [I think if you keep the box closed long enough you do kill the cat, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-think-if-you-keep-the-box-closed-long-enough-you-do-kill-the-cat/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/imagining-the-future-is-a-kind-of-nostalgia-you-spend-your-whole-life/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/glasses/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "9 Glasses Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My head was level with hers as we stared at each other from opposite sides of the glass. I don't remember how it ended - if I went to bed or she did. In my memory, it doesn't end. 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